Datang New Order

ps: Thanks to Douban's father for the reward, and thanks to Nanbo Wang for his monthly ticket encouragement.

On July 25th, Li Siyuan received news that the Yan army had been found on Shideng Mountain in the west of Xiangyuan City. This Yan army was cavalry, and the total number was roughly equivalent to that of Li Siyuan's cavalry. The flag displayed showed that this cavalry came from the Liaodong Security Army. The surname of the leading general is Zhao.

The garrison of the Yan army in Xiangyuan was the unit of Li Xiaoxi of the Youyan security army and the remnant of Li Cunxu, the "false king of Jin".Li Siyuan probably knew about these situations. Therefore, the intelligence of the Liaodong Security Army appearing on Shideng Mountain indicated that the cavalry in Licheng had been attracted to Xiangyuan. This is definitely good news for An Zhonghui's surprise attack on Licheng!

On July 28, the cavalry scouts sent back a message after losing two people. Thousands of Yan troops were building a military camp at the foot of Wuyang Mountain in the south of Xiangyuan City. From the ascertained situation, a total of ten camp flags were found. .

The original Hedong Army and the old Lu Long Army had fought side by side for two years. The two sides cooperated closely and knew each other well.Li Siyuan knew that the formation of the Yan army was very stable, with battalions ranging from five hundred to 100, unlike other places where each battalion ranged from a few dozen to a few thousand, and a battalion ranged from a few hundred to tens of thousands.Therefore, Li Siyuan preliminarily judged that the reinforcements of the Yan army at the foot of Wuyang Mountain should be around 5000.This is another piece of good news!

The facts were not much different from Li Siyuan's conjecture, except that among the reinforcements from the Yan Army at the foot of Wuyang Mountain, five battalions were logistics battalions that came from Luzhou to build camps.

Li Siyuan was very happy, but at the same time he was also deeply worried. Although the trail from Huangya Cave to Zhuozhangshui River Valley was secret, many senior officers in the original Han horse infantry knew about it. Among the Yan army, perhaps Such officers exist.

Based on the above worries, Li Siyuan immediately started to make small moves, and he frequently dispatched his cavalry.Operate around Xiangyuan in the form of a small group, in order to arouse the suspicion and anxiety of the Yan army, and try to attract more Yan troops to gather in the direction of Xiangyuan.

Yan Jun's combat thinking originated from Li Chengzhong, and Li Chengzhong's combat thinking originated from later generations. This kind of combat thinking attaches great importance to battlefield intelligence, to the point where it requires control.The frequent attacks of Li Siyuan's cavalry squad greatly threatened the Yan army's control of battlefield intelligence, which the Yan army absolutely could not tolerate.

The battle on the Xiangyuan battlefield began with the cavalry fighting.The main force of the Yan Army was the cavalry of Zhao Zailisuo, the Liaodong Security Army, supplemented by the cavalry of the Youyan Security Army in Xiangyuan City, the Turkic tribal cavalry in Jiemuli, and a cavalry battalion of the Guizhou Army. And raid Li Siyuan's cavalry within fifty miles around Xiangyuan.

The Yan Army cavalry began to fight in strict accordance with the "Battle of Expulsion" regulations.The Liaodong Security Army and the Guizhou Army Cavalry Battalion formed 27 combat cavalry capitals with hundreds of cavalry as units, and the Youyan Security Army and Turkic tribal cavalry formed more than [-] ranger squads with ten cavalry as units.

Zhou Kan commanded the Temporary Yuhou Department, and divided the area within 27 miles of the Xiangyuan area into small grids on the map and sand table. The [-] combat cavalry each received supplies that could last three days of combat and stationed in the area they were in charge of. , Ten miles apart.

More than [-] ranger squads are evenly distributed in the middle of this area, and each is responsible for patrolling within a radius of four to five miles.Once Li Siyuan's cavalry is found, less than five cavalry can step forward and annihilate them, and if there are more than five cavalry, the horn will be blown.Summon nearby patrol teams to encircle and hunt.If the enemy has more than [-] cavalry, shoot gunpowder arrows into the sky to summon the nearby combat cavalry.

In the first year of Tianfu, Li Chengzhong established a Taoist temple in Liucheng.They made offerings to the two priests, Sun Siyu and Zhang Junen, who are good at alchemy, and named the Taoist temple "Science Research Temple" in a very wicked way. At that time, dozens of young children were recruited to fill the Taoist temple.Follow and learn from the two Taoist priests.

The two priests began to research and develop gunpowder according to the direction indicated by Li Chengzhong. With the support of abundant manpower and material resources, they actually achieved phased results in the second year of Tianfu—granular black gunpowder appeared in the alchemy of the two priests. in the furnace.At that time, Li Chengzhong was very happy, and immediately pointed out the direction of using this kind of black powder-making simple explosive kits.

But in subsequent experiments, the explosion effect of the simple explosive package was not ideal, and the biggest effect it played was to pull it into the Dongshan Iron Mine to blast the ore.Moreover, the power of this kind of blasting is not high, it just explodes the ore rock, which is far from the "earth-shattering" effect Li Chengzhong expected.

At that time, Li Chengzhong always believed that the problem occurred in the structure and sealing of the explosive package, so he asked the concept of scientific research to improve the production process of the explosive package.This detour lasted for a year, and in an accidental conversation, Li Chengzhong realized that the problem was actually the gunpowder—the two priests did not dare to add "black stone powder" ( pulverized coal).

In this regard, Li Chengzhong issued a strong order, requiring the concept of scientific research to carry forward the spirit of "not afraid of danger and sacrifice" and resolutely complete the research and development task.

In the spring of the first year of God Bless, at the tragic price of the death of two Taoist boys and the disability of five Taoist boys, the scientific research concept made a major breakthrough in the research and development of gunpowder. The two priests, Sun Siyu and Zhang Junen, successfully developed a combustion comparison A new generation of granulated black powder that is sufficient and has an extremely strong explosive effect. For this reason, even Sun Siyu's left little finger "sacrificed heroically".

After the emergence of a new generation of black powder, the concept of scientific research re-studied the production of explosive kits, and achieved remarkable results in many experiments, and it was put into actual combat for the first time in the winter of the first year of Tianyou.On December [-]th of that year, the North City Gate of Gaoping collapsed with a loud bang, becoming the first sacrificial offering of gunpowder, a new weapon in the world's military history.

Afterwards, under Li Chengzhong's instructions, the scientific research concept and the military workshop under the Equipment Division of the Logistics Department jointly developed several gunpowder military products. Gunpowder arrows are one of the more successful and practical products.

Gunpowder arrows are not complicated. In later generations, they are actually things that three-year-old children have played with.Ignite the guide rope, and you can directly pinch it in your hand and aim at the sky to launch.After countless experiments, the fixed amount of medicine in it was determined, which can reach a height of between fifteen and twenty feet above the sky.There is also a sealed gunpowder pellet inside the arrow, which explodes when the gunpowder arrow reaches its maximum height, and the black smoke produced is very conspicuous in the sky.

The biggest function of this gadget is to warn, and it is a sharp tool for sending simple messages in short and medium distances for scout troops.It's just that so far, the production of gunpowder arrows is not large, and they can only be distributed to some troops in the Yan army. Distributed to all first-level officers, five per person.

Zhou Kan decided to use this sharp weapon first in this cavalry expulsion battle. Once the patrolling cavalry found Li Siyuan's cavalry of more than [-] cavalry, the team leader could shoot gunpowder arrows to call the surrounding combat cavalry. At least one hundred cavalry rushed to the battlefield; within half an hour, the cavalry gathered from four directions will reach more than four hundred cavalry!

The cavalry under Li Siyuan's command mainly came from the Fanhan Horse Infantry Army, while the elite Black Crow Army cavalry of the original Hedong Army was firmly controlled by Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei.In fact, regardless of whether it is the Fanhan Horse Infantry or the Black Crow Army, the target of combat has long been the Xuanwu Army, which does not have many cavalry. Their experience in dealing with infantry is far greater than fighting against cavalry.

On the contrary, the Yan Army cavalry has five or six years of cavalry battle experience. In the battle with the Khitan cavalry, the Yan Army cavalry has gradually formed its own set of formal cavalry combat regulations, and in daily training, the Yan Army cavalry The main combat illusion enemy of the army cavalry has always been locked on the cavalry itself.

Undoubtedly, Li Siyuan's cavalry is the same as the original Hedong cavalry, and many of them come from the grassland. Army cavalry.

Most of the cavalry of the Liaodong Security Army were conscripted from outside the customs, and they had undergone systematic training by Zhao Zaili, and had experience in fighting against the weak cavalry of the Xuanwu Army. and Zhaozhou Army.At this moment, under the planning of the temporary Yuhou Department, they immediately formed a local combat advantage over Li Siyuan's cavalry.

A horn sounded, and rockets shot into the sky one after another. Li Siyuan's cavalry squad fled around like headless chickens under the siege of the Yan army's cavalry.From the first day of the expulsion, Li Siyuan's cavalry suffered heavy losses. Sixteen cavalry squads did not return to the camp that night, losing nearly a hundred cavalry.

This kind of loss made Li Siyuan very heartbroken, and at the same time aroused his high vigilance. While asking the cavalry officers who returned to the camp in detail about all the news on the battlefield, he stopped the original strategy of sending cavalry to the battlefield in shifts.The next day, many cavalry squads returned to the camp one after another. The officers of each team reported all kinds of news. Some said that the Yan army cavalry was good at tracking, some said that the enemy was good at riding and shooting, and some said that the enemy was densely packed everywhere. , and said that the enemy is laying ambushes on a large scale.What's more, it is said that the cavalry of the Yan Army can summon thunder and lead it to rectify the law. They are actually heavenly soldiers and generals, and they cannot be defeated...

All kinds of news were flying all over the sky, which not only caused Li Siyuan to fight like a fight, but also caused rumors to spread everywhere in the camp, and people panicked.Li Siyuan had no choice but to kill seventeen cavalry who were spreading rumors, and then suppressed the panic.

After three consecutive days of expulsion operations, the Yan Army cavalry achieved a great victory, beheading 170 and eight ranks, taking 30 prisoners, capturing more than a hundred horses, and several other swords, guns and armor.Only 19 people were killed and more than [-] people were injured.

The right to obtain information on the Xiangyuan battlefield was regained by the Yan army, and within [-] miles around, there were all Yan army cavalry galloping freely.

It is absolutely impossible for Li Siyuan to obtain useful and reliable information from the returning rout. Even if he fails, he must figure out exactly how he failed.In addition to exploring the cause of the defeat, the most important thing is to find out whether the Yan army on the opposite side is making such a big move, does it indicate any big move? (To be continued..)